kathak dance evaluation

 CTEC extended diploma performing arts unit 13 dance technique 

Task two-successful features of kathak performance 17th February 2022 

the physical skills in kathak dance-

one physical skill in kathak dance that I feel I executed confidently was my ability to use posture and alignment, I feel during the performance i used the correct upright posture with my back straight and chin up as well as the correct use of alignment in my arms and feet, throughout my arms were long and stretched out with the correct positioning of my feet especially during the turns. Another physical skill I feel that i worked well on during my kathak dance piece was my balance, in my groups performance we used a lot of things that contained balance for example to lifted one legs and held it up on the word fulfilled. Throughout the kathak performance there was also a lot of coordination and control used this is because kathak is a very strong and controlled dance style.

One weakness In my physical skills in kathak dance I feel I can work in is my strength, my reasoning for this is because whilst doing my stronger and controlled movements I struggled a little more purely because my arms are slightly weak I will continue working on this my doing more arm exercises to build up my strength to hold movements for a longer period of time.

this is an example of me keeping my good alliance throughout my turn, as you can see my knees are soft and my legs are bent you can also see that my arm is out which is leading my body in order to make the turn flow fluently.

In this photo I have pointed out the places i have correctly positioned my arms as you can see i have placed a triangle in the places where i have correctly created a triangle shape with my arms and feet.MY posture is also upright whilst my head it down to show that the performance hasn't started yet.

This photo shows my movement on the word fulfilled the reasoning for this is because my arms are wide to show excitement whilst my head is held high and looking upwards. As you can see i have labeled the triangles again to show my correct posture and alignment.

One feature I feel that I could improve is my ability to let my moves flow I feel if I let my moves flow from one to the other more it would have looked alot more effective.

One feature of kathak dance which I feel I executed confidently and effectively in the final performance is using the correct posture and alignment. The section of the kathak final performance I am demonstrating this feature successfully is on the ending position. 

 

This is my annotated picture of why I feel I used the correct posture and alignment effectively. 

 

Another feature I feel I executed well was my ability to use the clarity of mudras. 

 

One of my main successful features used was expressive story telling through fusion of spoken words and movement. 

 One feature of kathak which I feel I need to develop in my final performance is my ability to use chakars correctly I feel I could have lowered myself a little more to of had a more powerful and stronger positioning in my feet. The section of the kathak assesed piece this is seen is on the line “encourages her to dance”.